Training Arnis in Luneta Park

I was thinking about the classic park in Manila. “Rizal Park, also known as Luneta Park or simply Luneta, is a historical urban park in[…]

Fun with Buffalo Beards

I wonder…do people know why so many folks have big bison-buffalo beards today? What caused the more “recent” …beard fad? Craze? A burst of beards?[…]

Strangulation

Strangulation. To soldiers, it’s a way to take prisoners and kill the enemy. To police, it’s pretty much a no-no. To martial people and martial[…]

Martial Arts Cable Machine Striking Workout

A few years back I taught a seminar at Doc Sheldon’s Private Training Center in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. The place is loaded with equipment[…]

Jaw Broken in a Fight

Loose lips may sink ships, but loose jaws lead to pain and medical operations.  Or…How can we remember to close our mouths in the assaults,[…]

Boxing Glove Cancers, Your Fists On Your Face

I will start this essay off with the proclamation that I am an exponent and a proponent of boxing/kickboxing, all to the extent that or[…]

“I AM LEFF.” – Remy Presas

Remy Presas frequently told this story in seminars. Many of us have heard this “leff story.” After witnessing several bolo (machete fights) which I chronicled[…]

My Mistakes in the Knife Teaching World.

.This is where I have fallen down. Where my knife course has fallen down. Before the fall, in the 1990s there was a “resurgence” if[…]

Three Pistol Breaking Points

(Everyone knows by now, I do not teach marksmanship. I do not have the patience nor the skills to do so. I cover only simulated[…]

Will the Real Dr. Winston Clancy Please Stand Up? (Or… How to Throw a Man Out a Helicopter Over the Gulf of Mexico)

Will the Real Dr. Winston Clancy Please Stand Up?  (Or… How to Throw a Man Out  a Helicopter Over the Gulf of Mexico) After I[…]

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